Re-collection : art, new media, and social memory / Richard Rinehart and Jon Ippolito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rinehart, Richard, 1966- author.

Ippolito, Jon, author.

Series:

Leonardo book series.

Leonardo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New media art--Conservation and restoration.

New media art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book on the philosophy and aesthetics of digital preservation examines the challenge posed by new media to our long-term social memory.

Contents:

Introduction. The lost and the saved / Jon Ippolito

New media and social memory / Richard Rinehart

Technology. Death by technology / Jon Ippolito

Variability machines / Richard Rinehart

Metadata and the historic record / Richard Rinehart

Institutions. Death by institution / Jon Ippolito

The open museum / Richard Rinehart

Generation emulation / Jon Ippolito

Law. Death by law / Jon Ippolito

Unreliable archivists / Jon Ippolito

Variable organisms / Jon Ippolito

Conclusion. Checking in / Richard Rinehart

Only you can prevent the end of history / Richard Rinehart and Jon Ippolito.

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32408-3

OCLC:

883835654